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Holy Hounddog, it’s Friday! Can I get a woop woop!? Let’s start off with our Wilmywood shot Sleepy Hollow. They are hot today on TV. First Orlando Jones kicks off the morning on Rachel Ray this morning at 9am on CBS-10 WILM! He’ll be taking us behind the scenes of Sleepy Hollow with a set tour just in time for the big finale!

Then tonight get ready for Nicole Beharie on Arsenio Hall tonight!! Thanks to @Donnarie2 for the scoop!

Yesterday, we watched the Oscar Nominees roll in and two North Carolina got recognized. We expected Iron Man 3 to get a nom, and it did for Visual Effects. But our jaws dropped when we saw the next one. After all, when do you ever see a comedy EVER get a nomination at the Oscars? It’s a rare occurrence. But hey, we’ll take it! So HUGE congratulations to Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa! The Hair and Makeup department got the nomination! Very well deserved! Johnny Knoxville looked amazing! Makeup artist Steve Prouty said in a statement:

“I’m very proud of having been a part of this film,” Prouty said. “We worked very hard each day to help bring Irving Zisman to life and are eternally grateful to have worked with someone like Johnny Knoxville. He is a true talent.”

Now let’s head to Charlotte, NC for a spell. Actress Angie Harmon( Law & Order, Rizzoli & Isles) was appointed to the Studio Charlotte board. She gave her plea to Charlotte City Council members yesterday to approve Studio Charlotte. The developer has until the spring to convince city leaders to OK the plan to remake the Eastland Mall site. READ STORY NOW

Also on the Charlotte front, in the latest issue of Production Weekly, they report Charlotte will get the feature film, The Sharp Files later this year. This suspenseful flick is about a professional psychiatrist, Laura Sharp, who struggles with her own mental state after the death of her husband and two children. She must work to find out what is real as she deals with four mysterious and dangerous patients.M.J. Alhabeeb Jr. will direct.

Come out to Jake’s Memory Lane Comics TOMORROW and meet Superstar Comic ArtistPhil Jimenez(Infinite Crisis, Wonder Woman, New X-Men) and new comic writer/ animal advocate Scott Lope.
MLC is teaming up with Jimenez, Lope and, of course, the Savage Wolverine to fight Rhino poaching. 100 percent of the proceeds of Savage Wolverine 12 and 13 from our store will be donated to Animal Warriors to help take the fight to the poachers. This is a great family friendly event. We have plenty of copies to get signed by the Marvel Comics creators. The signing starts at 1pm. In addition to the signing, they’ll have some crazy good specials, including a fifty cent comic sale!

Finally, I hope you join me tonight as my birthday week comes to an end with a bash at Ziggy’s by the Seadowntown Wilmington with one of the most incredible bands, Cowboy Mouth. So please come and join in on the celebration Wilmywood!

I will have The Wilmywood Week in Review for you tomorrow, so check the blog sometime this weekend. It’s a video wrap up of a week of Wilmywood Film News. HERE’S LAST WEEK’S “WEEK IN REVIEW”

That just about does it for me; I will have more Wilmywood updates for you Monday morning (unless something breaks) and every weekday morning we do “What’s Up in Wilmywood” at 7:30am & 8:30am LIVE on Sunny 104.5. Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!

Yep, only 4 more more days until, Vessel! Episode 11 – “The War between good and evil has resumed,” Ichabod says as dark times lay before him. Here’s the promo that was released yesterday from FOX as well as the synopsis from DreadCentral.com

“Sleepy Hollow” Episode 1.11 – “Vessel” When Capt. Iriving’s daughter, Macy, becomes the target of evil forces, he makes a desperate plea to Crane and Mills for help and seeks answers that lie within Washington’s Bible. Meanwhile, a frightening chapter of Jenny’s past is revealed.

What, you think that’s all I got? Oh no, my friends! There’s more! Here’s the scoop on the epic 2 hour Season finale which airs Monday, January 20th at 8pm EST.

“Sleepy Hollow” Episodes 1.12/1.13 – “The Indispensable Man and Bad Blood” Season Finale Combo! Ichabod and Abbie discover a dark secret buried within the pages of George Washington’s Bible and unearth the shocking true nature of the founding father’s death. Meanwhile, Capt. Irving makes a near-impossible decision for the sake of his beloved family that drastically changes his future. Then, the battle between good and evil comes to an explosive head. Sacrifices must be made, worlds collide, loyalties are tested, and the town of Sleepy Hollow will never be the same.

The full PaleyFest 2014 slate has been revealed, and Sleepy Hollow has got a panel/event. On an unrelated Wilmywood note, if you are a Lost fan, a reunion marking the 10th anniversary has got everyone talkin’! What is Paley Fest? It’s pretty much a 2 week celebration of TV, but see for yourself. Watch this:

The two-week celebration of TV, takes place at the Dolby Theatre (formerly known as the Kodak Theatre) in Hollywood. The festival kicks off March 13th and goes until the March 28th. Sleepy Hollow’s event will take place Wednesday, March 19 at 7 pm. And if Lost is your thing, the 10th Anniversary Reunion it’s coming up Sunday, March 16 at 7pm. Wanna go? Tickets go on sale to the general public on Jan. 19. Head to PaleyFest.org for details.

Robert Downey Jr. accepts the People’s Choice Award

The People’s Choice Awards were live on CBS last night it look 90 minutes to get our first NC Film winner. Robert Downey Jr. won for Favorite Action Movie Star and Iron Man 3 took the award for Favorite Action Movie. Downeystole everyone’s attention with his lovable self. He asked for some reverb, a spotlight, then some triumphant music. With all three wishes granted, he proclaimed in a deep voice, “I am Iron Man.” He then raised his award and shouted, “and this is for the people!” Awesome! Also, it wasn’t included in the live award show, but we can tell you Homeland nabbed a PCA for Favorite Premium Cable TV Show.

Before the PCA’s on Wednesday, the BAFTA nominations came out. Although ‘Gravity’ leads the British nominations with 11, NC Film is getting a little love from across the pond. Iron Man 3 was nominated for Best Special Visual Effects. Here is Stark’s competition:

The awards ceremony will be February 16th at the Royal Opera House in London.

Dean Norris will accept the award for Under the Dome today at Variety’s Breakthrough of the Year Awards. It’s being held during the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Vegas.

Finally, the boys from McDuffy will be in the Sunny studios this morning around 8:15am. I can safely say we haven’t had this much press for a short film in years. But hey we love ’em! Tickets are only $5 and THEY WILL SELL OUT for the screening Saturday night, 7pm, so BUY THEM NOW! The screening also coincides with the grand opening of GIANT Coffeehouse, which is connected to Post 1200 on N 23rd St., right across from Screen Gems.

OTHER REMINDERS:

JAN 10 – Friday: Banshee Season Two premieres on Cinemax

JAN 11 – McDuffy: The Urban Eagle will screen at the fabulous Post 1200. Tix are $5, buy them now before they sell out!

That just about does it for me; I will have more Wilmywood updates for you tomorrow morning (unless something breaks). Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!

Howdy! Another freezing morning, but we got lots to chat about that will make us all warm and fuzzy, much like my brain before coffee. Let’s start off with our adorable dynamic duo Ichabod and Abbie of Sleepy Hollow! Nicole Beharie and Tom Mison look fabulous on the cover of TV Guide, don’t you think? And let me just add how much I LOVE the opening to this TV Guide article by Aubry D’Arminio.

“The end is nigh for Sleepy Hollow‘s first season. And it looks extremely…busy. It’s a stinging-cold December morning at Wilmington, North Carolina’s EUE/Screen Gems Studios. In the nearby woods, a stuntwoman wearing a low-cut, corseted frock is being pulled through the air on a thick cord and dropped nose-first onto a safety mat. “Can she be yanked even harder?” director Ken Olin (thirtysomething) asks the crew member at the other end of the rope. Yes, she certainly can.”

Wilmington. North Carolina. EUE/Screen Gems. Crew – So many of my favorite buzz words in the opening paragraph!

“Sleepy Hollow collects the most tweets per minute of any current Fox show and is the second most popular new series on social media after The Originals, with nearly 1 million fans across Facebook and Twitter alone.”

New characters are coming to Chester’s Mill. Michael Ausiello from TVLine.com reports not one, not two, but three. He says Season 2 will introduce three new characters, including:

Sam: a gruff kinda guy who lives in the woods. The locals call him a “crazy drunk” which to me translates he will have answers to some dilemmas this season. He is a relative or was once someone close to one of the characters we know well, but they aren’t saying who.

Rebecca: a 30 something teacher. Big Jim wants her to get a Dome school going, but of course his motivation isn’t higher education.

A “new girl” in town: A very vague and ageless description, but we know that she is “in to” Joe and Norrie, so we can assume she’s a teen.

MTV is so kind. Now that the North Carolina shot Bad Grandpa is officially available for digital download, they gave us a bonus! Here’s an exclusive look at one of the film’s many deleted scenes. A gem, MTV says, that’s as good as the pranks that made the final cut.“Bad Grandpa” will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on January 28.

TONIGHT: The 40th Annual People’s Choice Awards air live on CBS at 9 p.m. EST. Take a look at the list of 2014 People’s Choice Awards nominees.

Here’s the categories and our NC shot productions which might just take it home! To see who they are up against, GO HERE:

Congratulations to our local production company, Hank and Jed Movie Pictures! Their Battlefield Friends Facebook page surpassed 100,000 likes at 7:17pm last night. Yeah, I watched it, I’m a geek like that; refreshing the page every 3 seconds! Why? Cuz damn! That’s a lot of fans!

If A-Listers never went to Hollywood: Finally, this got me laughing out loud, so I thought I would share. If the hottest celebs were regular folks and they did without their personal trainers, stylists and nutritionists, they might look something like this. Thanks to the power of Photoshop and Danny Evans, who has got mad skills, we get to see what some famous celebrities would look like if “they didn’t take the Hollywood career path.” Some of these photoshop jobs are flawless. This guy is REAL good! You gotta see the others as well. Hilarious shots of Rihanna, Britney Spears, Johnny Depp, and more. SEE PHOTOS NOW

OTHER REMINDERS:

JAN 9 – Thursday: Variety’s upcoming Breakthrough of the Year Awards, at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Dean Norris will be on hand to accept the award for Under the Dome.

JAN 10 – Friday: Banshee Season Two premieres on Cinemax

JAN 11 – McDuffy: The Urban Eagle will screen at the fabulous Post 1200. Tix are $5, buy them now before they sell out!

That just about does it for me; I will have more Wilmywood updates for you tomorrow morning (unless something breaks). Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!

Good Friday Morning Wilmywood! As we get ready for the weekend, I definitely have something for you to chat about as a question popped up that needs to be answered.

What the hell happened to the naval drama that was supposed to shoot here?

Remember the Fox pilot we talked about ages ago? I believe it was in May we first caught wind of Wild Blue. Yeah, that long ago. This pilot would have had one of the biggest budgets in history for its pilot, reaching $15 million. They called on department heads and cast the show. Everything was good to go. They were literally a day away from building the air craft carrier here in the Wilmywood area. Then, they decided to do another rewrite. Then…Nothing. And there has been nothing said for seven months. So what the hell happened? No, it didn’t move to Georgia or Louisiana, it just kinda fizzled out.

Nellie over at Deadline, gives us more insight:

Fox had been very interested in getting a naval drama on the air — last season it bought a second script with a similar setting, from House executive producers Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner and 20th Century Fox TV, which also took place on a naval aircraft carrier and had an upstairs/downstairs dynamic. In the end, one of the two, The Bridge, renamed Wild Blue, was picked up to pilot in January. The pilot cast most of its roles, bringing in Mykelti Williamson, Josh Salatin, Will Rothhaar, Alano Miller and Gina Rodriguez. But the older lead remained uncast, with Tim McGraw, who was the top choice, engaging in conversations but ultimately walking away.

It looks like Sleepy Hollow is the King of “Best Of” lists. Yep, more kudos for our headless show. 3 more to chat about. Let’s start with what our friend and NC crew member Darla passed along. Actually, Under the Dome and Sleepy Hollow both made this list!

Variety’s Rick Kissell (@ratesrick) summarizes:

“Five Rookies Among Primetime’s Top-Rated Series of 2013 NBC’s “The Blacklist,” ABC’s “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” and Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow” were the standout newcomers this fall, making the top 25 along with a pair of shows that bowed earlier in the calendar year: Fox’s “The Following” in January and CBS’ “Under the Dome” in June.

And finally Hunter from the Star News found this one from EW. This time it’s more specifically geared toward Tom Mison, naming him one of the Breakout Stars of 2013. EW puts our Brittish hottie-tottie at #7 on their list.

A few of the Sleepy Hollow folks are in town finishing up the big finale which will air January 20th. @TomMinsonFans will be happy to know that both Tom and Nicole are back in town. They are filming on the lot today. The 2-hour, episode 12/13 combo airs at 8pm EST. And remember episode 11 entitled “Vessel” airs January 13th at 9pm EST. They shoot from tomorrow until at least the end of the year.

A REMINDER TO VOTE VOTE VOTE! Encore Magazine has released their Best Of Nominees and you can VOTE NOW. I would like to thank all of you who nominated me for:

Best Local Radio Personality – Sheila Brothers

Best Morning Show – Sheila Brothers

Best Blog – The Wilmywood Daily

I would LOVE your vote! Some highlights: I think you will definitely wanna vote on these three categories.

Best Local Independent Film: Pieces of Talent, Bound by Sea, Children of Salt

Best Local Filmmaker: Joe Stauffer, Keith Welborn, Brannigan Carter. So, go on get to votin‘!!

TV.com’s “Best Of” is under way, and the site has our NC shot television shows on the list. Under the Dome, Sleepy Hollow, Homeland, Banshee and Eastdown and Bound. Check out all the NC Nominees and VOTE!

That just about does it for me; I will have more Wilmywood updates for you Monday morning (unless something breaks). Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!

Yay! Christmas is almost here! I hope everyone enjoys it to the fullest. A few things to report this morning until I head off on vacation. No worries, I won’t be too far if anything breaks!

Looking into the new year, it’s looks like Wilmywood will be quite busy, so let’s review about what we’ve been talking about over the last six weeks.

Mattel’s Max Steel will be the first out of the gate for 2014, with offices opening in January, production beginning in February.

Not far behind will be the return of Under the Dome, opening offices in January as well, but production won’t begin until March.

Bolden! is still slated to reopen offices in January, but no definitive dates set for production.

Next slated to hit the town is up in the air as we have Loomis Fargo, and the return of Sleepy Hollow for Season Two in mid to late spring. No solids dates as of yet.

The Legend of McCoy Mountain & The Gold 45 Revolver is also still up in the air for this spring as well, but we don’t know where in NC they will be filming yet, so can’t put this one in the Wilmywood bucket quite yet.

The Sleepy folks got to rush home for the holidays. They will resume working on the EPIC finale of Sleepy Hollow on Friday. My production sources told me they plan on shooting at least until the 30th. Over the weekend, I decided to write a ‘lil ode to the cast and crew. If you haven’t seen it or heard it (yes, I did a live read on the air, couldn’t resist), CHECK IT OUT NOW!

Now is the time to watch back to back episodes of Sleepy Hollow, this season’s hottest new show! Binge baby Binge! From the pilot to episode 10, watch them all on FOX on Demand, FOX.com & FOXNOW before it returns in January with all-new episodes.

Well, I am so glad one of these is back. If you remember a few years back we had a 24 (One Take) and 36 hour (Final Cut) film fest here in Wilmywood. Well the lovely Ashlea Kosikowski over at WECT reports a 54 hour film fest will be in full swing this spring. Check out her story here or visit the film fest’s FB page.

VOTE VOTE VOTE! Encore Magazine has released their Best Of Nominees and you can VOTE NOW. I would like to thank all of you who nominated me for:

Best Local Radio Personality – Sheila Brothers

Best Morning Show – Sheila Brothers

Best Blog – The Wilmywood Daily

I would LOVE your vote! Some highlights: I think you will definitely wanna vote on these three categories.

Best Local Independent Film: Pieces of Talent, Bound by Sea, Children of Salt

Best Local Filmmaker: Joe Stauffer, Keith Welborn, Brannigan Carter. So, go on get to votin‘!!

TV.com’s “Best Of” is under way, and the site has our NC shot television shows on the list. Under the Dome, Sleepy Hollow, Homeland, Banshee and Eastdown and Bound. Check out all the NC Nominees and VOTE!

That just about does it for me; Merry Christmas from The Wilmywood Daily! Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!

Goooood Mornin’ Wilmywood! Let’s kick off the blog this morning with a Sleepy Hollow concern from one of the entertainment bloggers out there in the world. HW Hill was a little confused about Sleepy Hollow missing an episode, saying, “I guess it didn’t get a full episode order, or it was just meant to be that short.”

No worries, HWHills! I got your back. My sources over at Fox set the record straight.

“Fox decided to air them differently. The Season One order is 13. It’s always been 13 and they are shooting 13. We just decided to combine episode 12 and 13 into a 2-hour finale. In fact, the finale is gonna be epic. It’s gonna be huge.”

Episode 11 will air January 13th, 2014, 9pm EST and the big finale (Episode 12/13 combo) will air Monday, January 20th beginning at 8pm EST on Fox!

The 19th annual “Critics’ Choice Movie Awards” gala is slated to air on January 16, 2014 on The CW, and the nominees were announced yesterday! Here are the Wilmywood nominees and their competition”:

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIEThe Conjuring
Gravity
Star Trek into Darkness
World War Z

Hollywood powerhouses Rebel Wilson and Melissa McCarthy are rumored to have a pact with each other not to lose weight. The two full-figured actresses want to “hold the line and provide a positive image for overweight girls everywhere.” (Radar)

Susan Sarandon will be on The View today. Wonder if she will bring up Tammy. Maybe!

40th annual People’s Choice Awards — hosted by 2 Broke Girls stars Beth Behrs and Kat Dennings — will air live on CBS on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 9 p.m. ET. I checked again this morning and yep VOTING is still open for Favorite New TV Drama: VOTE NOW FOR SLEEPY HOLLOW!

REMINDER: Don’t be confused, yes there is a second petition for you to sign. They decided we should have a petition that focused strictly on ending the sunset. I agree, so yes you have one more petition to sign, but as you know it only takes 20 seconds or less to do so! SIGN PETITION NOW!

That just about does it for me; I will have more Wilmywood updates for you tomorrow morning (unless something breaks) and every weekday morning we do “What’s Up in Wilmywood” at 7:30am & 8:30am LIVE on Sunny 104.5. Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!